Errors-To: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Reply-To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Sender: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Precedence: bulk From: owner-tmbg-digest@tmbg.org To: tmbg-digest@tmbg.org Subject: tmbg-list Digest #3-131 tmbg-list Digest, Volume 3, Number 131 Monday, 12 May 1997 Today's Topics: Re: TMBG: album endings Re: TMBG: album endings TMBG: Nicole the Wonder Psychic Re: TMBG: they might be midgets Re: TMBG: Nicole the Wonder Psychic Re: TMBG: album endings Re: TMBG: album endings TMBG: WBS chat times thus far (update) TMBG: Mailing List TMBG: Mailing List TMBG: conga songs TMBG: Spud Goodman Re: TMBG: Spud Goodman Re: TMBG: parties/singles Re: TMBG: album titles Re: TMBG: parties/singles Re: TMBG: album titles Re: TMBG: album titles TMBG: Ben Folds Five, TMBG, etc... 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TMBG: Automobile mag Re: TMBG: Automobile mag TMBG: TMBG weekly live chat Administrivia: If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing send mail to tmbg-digest-request@tmbg.org for instructions on how to be automatically removed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed herein are those of the individual authors. --------------------------------------------------------------------- tmbg-list is digested with Digest 3.3d (John Relph ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-Id: <199705110603.BAA122758@audumla.students.wisc.edu> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 01:04:08 -0500 From: Geoff McNulty Subject: Re: TMBG: album endings why not just "token?" At 11:12 PM 5/10/97 -0500, you wrote: >I'm really laughing to myself here. No offense, but you must be strange >to be around. Are you on something (seriously) or do you not know what an >adjective is? Subway is a noun, and the more prominent noun in the title. >Calling it Brooklyn would make me think of Spider. Subway is about as >good as you can get. And besides, who ever complains that a word in the >title of a song is not used the song, and that therefore people shouldn't >call it by that word? My younger brother has joined me in laughing at you. >Sorry. I should've made this a private message. Anyway, no offense, but >I'll continue to call it Subway. >-Mark > >On Sat, 10 May 1997, Evan Chakroff wrote: > >> At 09:22 PM 5/10/97 -0500, you wrote: >> >So sorry, but I can't let that by without a comment. Subway is groovy, >> >melodic, and beaty. They even sound like monks! How can you beat that? >> >And Theme From Flood is an engenious way to start off an album. I don't >> >know why some people hate it. I'm sorry if I'm just contributing an "I >> >diagree" post, but it's always nagged at me that so many people hate >> >Theme From Flood. Subway is a hidden treasure. >> >-Mark >> >> Monks? Well, they do actually.... I think it's mainly the reverb effects. >> Makes it sound like those monk CDs... >> >> But also, Re: titles, calling the song in question "Subway" is kindof >> dumb... "Subway" doesn't even appear in the song's lyrics, and it's an >> adjective. Please refer to songs by the full title, or the NOUN in the >> title, or at least a UNDERSTANDABLE (damn brain... that thing where you >> take the first letters... why can't I think of it? starts with an A...). No >> offense, it just bugs me. >> >> well, back I go to arranging my CDs by color of the case. :) ) >> -ec >> > * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Geoffrey McNulty | "prick your finger it is done... Entertainment Writer | the moon has now eclipsed the sun... Madison Student Radio | the angel has spread his wings... gmcnulty@students.wisc.edu | the time has come for bitter things..." www.angelfire.com/wi/geomac| --Brian Warner * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 02:22:38 -0500 (CDT) From: The Gottschalks Subject: Re: TMBG: album endings Message-ID: First, I heard it said Subway TAKEN To Brooklyn. Am I wrong? If so, I owe someone one big apology when I'm in a better mind state. -Mark On Sat, 10 May 1997, Charles Box wrote: > Well I hate to disagree with you but if you ever diagram sentences you will > find that in the phrase > "Subway Token Back to Brooklyn" Subway is an adjective, describing the word > Token... what kind of token is it? it's a subway token.. you cannot have > two nouns as the subject of a sentence unless there is an and but or or and > since one of the nouns has to describe the other the subject can't be > subway... in most cases it is a noun but this is an adjective (now remember > your schoolhouse rock now...) > > ---------- > | From: The Gottschalks > | To: Evan Chakroff > | Cc: tmbg-list@tmbg.org > | Subject: Re: TMBG: album endings > | Date: Saturday, May 10, 1997 9:12 PM > | > | I'm really laughing to myself here. No offense, but you must be strange > | to be around. Are you on something (seriously) or do you not know what an > > | adjective is? Subway is a noun, and the more prominent noun in the title. > > | Calling it Brooklyn would make me think of Spider. Subway is about as > | good as you can get. And besides, who ever complains that a word in the > | title of a song is not used the song, and that therefore people shouldn't > > | call it by that word? My younger brother has joined me in laughing at > you. > | Sorry. I should've made this a private message. Anyway, no offense, but > | I'll continue to call it Subway. > | -Mark > | > | On Sat, 10 May 1997, Evan Chakroff wrote: > | > | > At 09:22 PM 5/10/97 -0500, you wrote: > | > >So sorry, but I can't let that by without a comment. Subway is groovy, > > | > >melodic, and beaty. They even sound like monks! How can you beat that? > > | > >And Theme From Flood is an engenious way to start off an album. I > don't > | > >know why some people hate it. I'm sorry if I'm just contributing an "I > > | > >diagree" post, but it's always nagged at me that so many people hate > | > >Theme From Flood. Subway is a hidden treasure. > | > >-Mark > | > > | > Monks? Well, they do actually.... I think it's mainly the reverb > effects. > | > Makes it sound like those monk CDs... > | > > | > But also, Re: titles, calling the song in question "Subway" is kindof > | > dumb... "Subway" doesn't even appear in the song's lyrics, and it's an > | > adjective. Please refer to songs by the full title, or the NOUN in the > | > title, or at least a UNDERSTANDABLE (damn brain... that thing where you > | > take the first letters... why can't I think of it? starts with an > A...). No > | > offense, it just bugs me. > | > > | > well, back I go to arranging my CDs by color of the case. :) ) > | > -ec > | > > ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970511002917.006b2bc0@peseta.ucdavis.edu> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 00:29:29 -0700 From: Nicole the Wonder Nerd Subject: TMBG: Nicole the Wonder Psychic >speaking of which, does anybody who was at the show remember the >first conga song? i know the second was the guitar, but can't remember the >first. *nicole hauls out her recently aquired psychic abilities (she got them slightly used and saved herself a bundle)* It was almost certainly No One Knows My Plan. They like to play both songs in a row, with maybe a smooth segue in between, so that the conga line keeps going. >what's the istanbul brownsville remix and where can i get it? and what >about the dust brothers remix of snail shell? They're both song remixes, found on their respective singles (Istanbul and Back to Skull, respectively.) The Brownsville remix of I(NC) is, IMHO, pretty bad. It's a straightforward techno remix of the song, with a repeated sample "This is a recording!" that never fails to get on my nerves. The remix's only saving grace is its truly weird beginning, which features people rambling on about white tornados. Snail Dust I like even less (in general, I dislike remixes, and I don't particularly care for Snail Shell in the first place); it's also techno. You shouldn't have too many problems hunting down Back To Skull, which is well worth getting since it also includes the wonderful little gems She Was A Hotel Detective (no, not THAT one! The OTHER one!), Ondine, and especially Mrs. Train. >lastly, i just got a tmbg fan club thing in the mail today. it's dated as >christmas 96. odd. do you know if this is the most recent issue? Yup. > it's >interesting and also has a lyric sheet for FS, so i'm not complaining. >however, i totally forgot how i got ahold of this. i don't remember >signing up online or sending a letter. Did you put yourself on the mailing list at a concert? Did you order anything from the Info Club? Umm... I dunno. How many ways are there of getting onto the mailing list? --nicole the wonder nerd *** "The cruelest lies are often told without a word. The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard." --Ben Folds Five Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn nmcarlson@ucdavis.edu carlsonn@cs.ucdavis.edu ana.ng@tmbg.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 08:24:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Elitza Nicolaou Subject: Re: TMBG: they might be midgets Message-ID: > TMBG sighting: > > In the new MAD magazine June 1997 "special family" issue... in a portion > called "Having Baby Boomers for Parents Means..." There's a drawing of a kid > holding a record with the title "They Might Be Midgets" she's making a face, > while her mother swoons. under the drawing it says: "Having baby boomers for > parents means taking up rap, or accepting the fact that they might like the > same music you do!" I've seen that before, about 4 years ago when I was really into MAD. It just clicked because I thought it was really funny at the time... I still think that's a pretty good joke. Elitza "I only have three weeks left!!!!" Nicolaou > Reggie > > > > ------------------------------ Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 08:29:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: TMBG: Nicole the Wonder Psychic Excerpts from internet.music.tmbg: 11-May-97 TMBG: Nicole the Wonder Psy.. by Nicole the W. Nerd@tmbg. > *nicole hauls out her recently aquired psychic abilities (she got them > slightly used and saved herself a bundle)* It was almost certainly No One > Knows My Plan. They like to play both songs in a row, with maybe a smooth > segue in between, so that the conga line keeps going. and if they were really smart, they'd continue into Nightgown of the Sullen Moon, which has the same rhythm as NOKMP, and can also be conga-ed to fairly easily... of course, they're still probably never going to play it.... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 10:17:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199705111417.KAA07375@sumter.awod.com> From: mmtom@awod.com (Marty Tomlinson) Subject: Re: TMBG: album endings >So sorry, but I can't let that by without a comment. Subway is groovy, >melodic, and beaty. They even sound like monks! How can you beat that? >And Theme From Flood is an engenious way to start off an album. I don't >know why some people hate it. I'm sorry if I'm just contributing an "I >diagree" post, but it's always nagged at me that so many people hate >Theme From Flood. Subway is a hidden treasure. >-Mark I don't think the Theme from Flood is supposed to be a full-fledged song, it's just cool because it's so cheesy and altogeter Pat Boone-y. Marty ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 10:29:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199705111429.KAA08120@sumter.awod.com> From: mmtom@awod.com (Marty Tomlinson) Subject: Re: TMBG: album endings Is all this really necessary? I mean, we just got off moderation because of bickering, and I for one don't want to go back on it. It's rude to say "I'm laughing at you(it is even ruder to let everyone on the list know exactly who you are laughing at). I'm not the type to say what you can or cannot write on the list, but don't you think this should be a private conversation? Marty >Well I hate to disagree with you but if you ever diagram sentences you will >find that in the phrase >"Subway Token Back to Brooklyn" Subway is an adjective, describing the word >Token... what kind of token is it? it's a subway token.. you cannot have >two nouns as the subject of a sentence unless there is an and but or or and >since one of the nouns has to describe the other the subject can't be >subway... in most cases it is a noun but this is an adjective (now remember >your schoolhouse rock now...) > >---------- >| From: The Gottschalks >| To: Evan Chakroff >| Cc: tmbg-list@tmbg.org >| Subject: Re: TMBG: album endings >| Date: Saturday, May 10, 1997 9:12 PM >| >| I'm really laughing to myself here. No offense, but you must be strange >| to be around. Are you on something (seriously) or do you not know what an > >| adjective is? Subway is a noun, and the more prominent noun in the title. > >| Calling it Brooklyn would make me think of Spider. Subway is about as >| good as you can get. And besides, who ever complains that a word in the >| title of a song is not used the song, and that therefore people shouldn't > >| call it by that word? My younger brother has joined me in laughing at >you. >| Sorry. I should've made this a private message. Anyway, no offense, but >| I'll continue to call it Subway. >| -Mark >| >| On Sat, 10 May 1997, Evan Chakroff wrote: >| >| > At 09:22 PM 5/10/97 -0500, you wrote: >| > >So sorry, but I can't let that by without a comment. Subway is groovy, > >| > >melodic, and beaty. They even sound like monks! How can you beat that? > >| > >And Theme From Flood is an engenious way to start off an album. I >don't >| > >know why some people hate it. I'm sorry if I'm just contributing an "I > >| > >diagree" post, but it's always nagged at me that so many people hate >| > >Theme From Flood. Subway is a hidden treasure. >| > >-Mark >| > >| > Monks? Well, they do actually.... I think it's mainly the reverb >effects. >| > Makes it sound like those monk CDs... >| > >| > But also, Re: titles, calling the song in question "Subway" is kindof >| > dumb... "Subway" doesn't even appear in the song's lyrics, and it's an >| > adjective. Please refer to songs by the full title, or the NOUN in the >| > title, or at least a UNDERSTANDABLE (damn brain... that thing where you >| > take the first letters... why can't I think of it? starts with an >A...). No >| > offense, it just bugs me. >| > >| > well, back I go to arranging my CDs by color of the case. :) ) >| > -ec >| > > > ------------------------------ Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970511142359.00664a38@uc.campus.mci.net> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 10:23:59 -0400 From: Kelley Kent Subject: TMBG: WBS chat times thus far (update) Mon - Fri 3pm to 7pm Sat - Sun 2pm to 8pm The above times are Eastern Standard Time (EST). If you have other times you can make it, please send me some e-mail so I can update the times sheet. ***Remember, these are only the times when people THINK they can be on, so just check the room anytime you're free.*** If you need instructions on how to get to the TMBG chat room, just drop me a line. Kelley Kent (kkent@uc.campus.mci.net) ------------------------------ From: Leo Bicknell Message-Id: <199705111440.KAA09936@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Subject: TMBG: Mailing List Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 10:40:09 -0400 (EDT) I have just upgraded the mailing list software and will be fine tuning things for a few days. Please e-mail me personally if you notice any wierd behavior from the list software. -- Leo Bicknell - TMBG List Admin - tmbg-list-request@tmbg.org System Administrator / Network Technician bicknell@ufp.org - bicknell@vt.edu - bicknell@tmbg.org ------------------------------ From: Leo Bicknell Message-Id: <199705111443.KAA09944@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Subject: TMBG: Mailing List Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 10:40:09 -0400 (EDT) I have just upgraded the mailing list software and will be fine tuning things for a few days. Please e-mail me personally if you notice any wierd behavior from the list software. -- Leo Bicknell - TMBG List Admin - tmbg-list-request@tmbg.org System Administrator / Network Technician bicknell@ufp.org - bicknell@vt.edu - bicknell@tmbg.org ------------------------------ From: mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew James) Message-Id: <9705111819.AA08629@greed.loyola.edu> Subject: TMBG: conga songs Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 14:19:40 -0400 (EDT) > Excerpts from internet.music.tmbg: 11-May-97 TMBG: Nicole the Wonder > Psy.. by Nicole the W. Nerd@tmbg. > > *nicole hauls out her recently aquired psychic abilities (she got them > > slightly used and saved herself a bundle)* It was almost certainly No One > > Knows My Plan. They like to play both songs in a row, with maybe a smooth > > segue in between, so that the conga line keeps going. > > and if they were really smart, they'd continue into Nightgown of the > Sullen Moon, which has the same rhythm as NOKMP, and can also be > conga-ed to fairly easily... of course, they're still probably never > going to play it.... A few years back they did an outdoor show at Merryweather Post Pavilion and they played NOKMP and everyone conga-ed. But amazingly through most of the Guitar they conga-ed as well. I'm not sure if this was a result of lots of crazy people just having a wonderful time congaing or if they actually realized the Guitar was playing and decided to conga into that knowingly... /Matt -- "True happiness lies beyond your fries and happy burgers." ------------------------------ From: mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew James) Message-Id: <9705111828.AA08636@greed.loyola.edu> Subject: TMBG: Spud Goodman Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 14:28:34 -0400 (EDT) > > I heard on an ad that They are going to be on the spud goodman show What exactly is the Spud Goodman show? Would They be playing live much like on a talk show or would they have some other role in this? This is tonight (Sunday) night at 11:30? > > I wonder if they'll play something other than s-e-x-x-y. I hope they do. I > always wanted them to be on that show, because it really sucks and I wanted a > reason to watch it. Also, one of the guys is named accordion ted or something. Speaking of accordions I was looking thru the classified sectioin and I actually saw 2 accordion sales/repair type places! I had no idea they were so popular! /Matt -- "True happiness lies beyond your fries and happy burgers." ------------------------------ Subject: Re: TMBG: Spud Goodman Message-ID: <19970511.153437.4942.0.tmbgmail-bin@juno.com> From: tmbgmail-bin@juno.com (Evan R Kleve) Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 15:33:48 EDT On Sun, 11 May 1997 13:15:47 -0500 "Big.Bad.Robbie.G." writes: >I heard on an ad that They are going to be on the spud goodman show >tonight(sunday) I think it's at 11:30 eastern, but I may be wrong. What in all retardation is the Spud Goodman show?! -Evan R. Kleve (Kleavage) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders what the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of. ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Sun, 11 May 97 15:42 EDT From: kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Kirsten Brodbeck) Subject: Re: TMBG: parties/singles Now my question is this: what TMBG >works well at parties? Lessee... I'd say "Dig My Grave," "Till My Head Falls Off," "Stompbox," maybe "See the Constellation"... I assume this is dance-type music you're looking for? How 'bout "SEXXY" and the remix of "The World's Address"? Kirsten -- "To sing, to laugh, to dream, to walk in my own way and be alone, free, with an eye to see things as they are.." - from _Cyrano de Bergerac_ Kirsten Brodbeck kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu AKA Crow AKA Brodie ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Sun, 11 May 97 15:54 EDT From: kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Kirsten Brodbeck) Subject: Re: TMBG: album titles >Miscellaneous T- This is the heading under which TMBG is sometimes filed. Y'know, I didn't figure this out until about a month and a half ago. I was pretty proud of myself when I finally did - then I felt rather dumb that I hadn't thought of that before. :) Kirsten -- "To sing, to laugh, to dream, to walk in my own way and be alone, free, with an eye to see things as they are.." - from _Cyrano de Bergerac_ Kirsten Brodbeck kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu AKA Crow AKA Brodie ------------------------------ Subject: Re: TMBG: parties/singles Message-ID: <19970511.162934.4590.0.tmbgmail-bin@juno.com> From: tmbgmail-bin@juno.com (Evan R Kleve) Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 16:28:48 EDT On Sun, 11 May 97 15:42 EDT kbrodbec@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Kirsten Brodbeck) writes: >Now my question is this: what TMBG >>works well at parties? > > Lessee... I'd say "Dig My Grave," "Till My Head Falls Off," >"Stompbox," maybe "See the Constellation"... I assume this is >dance-type >music you're looking for? How 'bout "SEXXY" and the remix of "The >World's Address"? > I'm very surprised that more people aren't mentioning "Twisting." -Evan R. Kleve (Kleavage) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders what the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 16:02:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Bill Tatalovich Subject: Re: TMBG: album titles Message-ID: > >Factory Showroom- I dunno. > > > > Or it could just be a random title. (What was one of the tentative titles > for FS, Monkey-Something? I forget...) Actually, a friend of mine interviewed Linnell over the phone for our campus radio station a couple of weeks ago, and Linnell gave an answer to this. It was really roundabout, but basically he said that the songs on the album encompass both a factory (with things in progress, being worked on...otherwise rough and unfinished) and a showroom (with the polished final product). I couldn't really understand what Linnell was saying (crappy recording), but it was something like that. Oh yeah, and I'm at home now, in warm old Ohio. Evan.....I'm closing in on you!! Anyway, hope everyone's feeling peachy....I am, since I'm out of school. See y'all around... Bill Tatalovich wt3@cec.wustl.edu "I'm an island of such great complexity..." --Pavement ------------------------------ From: mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew James) Message-Id: <9705112158.AA08711@greed.loyola.edu> Subject: Re: TMBG: album titles Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 17:58:07 -0400 (EDT) > Actually, a friend of mine interviewed Linnell over the phone for our > campus radio station a couple of weeks ago, and Linnell gave an answer to > this. It was really roundabout, but basically he said that the songs on > the album encompass both a factory (with things in progress, being worked > on...otherwise rough and unfinished) and a showroom (with the polished > final product). I couldn't really understand what Linnell was saying > (crappy recording), but it was something like that. Hello, My guess is that Linnell meant that the new album would be factory like (you are in the progress of making things in the factory) so there would be things in the works right now that'd be on there and also showroom like (things are done and just need that final mixing for the album) so they most likely will put on songs they've been playing in concert (Reprehensible, On the Drag, Rat Patrol, etc). If you think about it, they really have not been playing these new tunes in concert hardly at all. I haven't even heard They Got Lost in many moons and the other new ones that are already made I have not heard for over a year. /Matt -- "True happiness lies beyond your fries and happy burgers." ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.16.19970511181752.26e7d4ba@email.uc.edu> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 18:18:31 -0400 From: "%^)" Subject: TMBG: Ben Folds Five, TMBG, etc... Well, I just heard today that Ben Folds Five will be in Cincy on June 2nd, YIPPEE! But, anyways, about the first song thread, I would have to agree with the group that says that Theme From Flood is the weakest. However, by ranking something last in a limited list such as that by no means classifies it as a bad song. It's all relative. My favorite of the group mentioned would have to be Dig My Grave. Another thing to add, there is not one instance where the first song or the last song of a They Might be Giants LP is my favorite on the album. Does anyone else notice this trend, or is it just me?
Heather Garver http://www.eng.uc.edu/~hgarver http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/4066 "Stomp Box, voice of fear Pour the poison in my ear Kill Kill Kill Kill Kill me now Free the demon Hear the ceaseless screaming Little Stomp Box Tear it from my heart"
------------------------------ From: mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew James) Message-Id: <9705112220.AA08751@greed.loyola.edu> Subject: TMBG: Spy WDTSS? vs. JH Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 18:20:33 -0400 (EDT) > Anyway, what I wanted to say is I just got my very own copy of WDTSS. > I'm very excited, but I think I like the JH version of Spy a little > better. This version has the advantage of being a little more... > unrefined. > Does anyone else notice themes (i.e. coffee, copy shops, drinks, spirals, > and such) in songs? > Josh Nielsen I'm not sure whether this version is more unrefined or not (I haven't listened to the song in a while) but I do notice more of a horn precense in the WDTSS? version which seems to work *very* well. I very much like the WDTSS? version more. /Matt -- "True happiness lies beyond your fries and happy burgers." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 17:28:28 -0500 From: "Linda Schultz" Message-Id: <9705112228.AB25120@omnifest.uwm.edu> Subject: TMBG: Questions Hi TMBGers, I have a few questions for you experts. First of all, I've been really busy and I think I lost a couple of digests, was there something posted about a horrorscope for flans' birthday? Second thing, were the members of the Hello CD of the Month Club supposed to get some more Mono Puff discs besides Unsupervised and the original one from years ago, I can't remember the name of. Someone mentioned getting three more Mono Puff discs, I've been a member of Hello since it started and I never received them. The third thing is trivial, there were some threads on this list concerning Flans' middle name. I thought at one point it was decided it was S. M., and some say Conant. I thought Conant was part of Rolf Conant, a name Flans used for some Mono Puff or Hello projects or something. Enlighten me, okay, as I go back to lurking. ------------------------------ From: mjames@greed.loyola.edu (Matthew James) Message-Id: <9705112232.AA08769@greed.loyola.edu> Subject: TMBG: Recommendations Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 18:32:31 -0400 (EDT) > What songs would you guys suggest to someone who like things like > Erasure, The Cure, Prodigy, U2, and Lushious Jackson? > Josh Nielsen Hmm I don't find these bands really that similar to TMBG, and personal taste varies, I mean Erasure is completely different from Luscious Jackson, but if you're going for a more keyboardy sound I'd say Metal Detector. All of these bands have some keyboard type sound to them (moreso with Erasure, Prodigy, and U2 of late, less so with The Cure and Luscious Jackson) but their style of belting out music is really different from TMBG. /Matt -- "True happiness lies beyond your fries and happy burgers." ------------------------------ Message-ID: <337676B5.53B9@remcen.ehhs.cmich.edu> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 18:47:33 -0700 From: Kevin McGuire Subject: TMBG: Then: for $11.99 Guys, I found something both happy and disturbing- I found a used copy of Then for 11.99. This makes me distubed cause I payed full price for it, and now its like 8 gazillion dollars cheaper. It also disturbs me cause someone out there bought it and didnt like it. But, it did make me happy to see it in a small record store that usually has no TMBG. The befuddled- Kevin McGuire P.S. I dont know if anyone cares, but its at New Moon Records, for the like 2 people close enough to me to buy it if they wanted it. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 20:14:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Dan Lee Subject: TMBG: Destination Moon Message-ID: I found out recently that Destination Moon is actually the title of an old science fiction movie. Has anyone out there actually seen it? I doubt that the plot of the movie would have much to do with the song, but I'd still like to know what the movie is about. * ------------------------------------ Dan Lee dalee@fas.harvard.edu a018205t@bc.seflin.org 3-3724 Pennypacker 36 "Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign' have been clearer if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips?" ------------------------------ Message-Id: <199705112346.SAA09819@cereal.ncfcomm.com> From: "Mike Leffel" Subject: Re: TMBG: Questions Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 19:36:09 -0500 > Hi TMBGers, > I have a few questions for you experts. First of all, I've been > really busy and I think I lost a couple of digests, was there > something posted about a horrorscope for flans' birthday? It wasn't much, but I thought that if Linnell's 'sign' was aquarius (being that Flansburgh's was/is Taurus) the song Hide Away Folk Family would have some weird pertinence.... Mike "Expect Domestic Turmoil" Leffel ------------------------------ Message-Id: <199705120031.TAA09738@dfw-ix15.ix.netcom.com> From: "Charles Box" Subject: Re: TMBG: Destination Moon Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 17:29:51 -0700 I think it was a book by Arthur Heinlein also, and the movie may or may not be based on the novel. ---------- | From: Dan Lee | To: tmbg-list@tmbg.org | Subject: TMBG: Destination Moon | Date: Sunday, May 11, 1997 5:14 PM | | I found out recently that Destination Moon is actually the title of an old | science fiction movie. Has anyone out there actually seen it? I doubt | that the plot of the movie would have much to do with the song, but I'd | still like to know what the movie is about. | | ------------------------------------ | Dan Lee | dalee@fas.harvard.edu | a018205t@bc.seflin.org | 3-3724 Pennypacker 36 | | "Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and | And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign' have been clearer if | quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and | and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and | and Chips, as well as after Chips?" | ------------------------------ Message-ID: <33767091.A72@geocities.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 18:21:21 -0700 From: vlad_drakul Subject: Re: TMBG: Destination Moon Dan Lee wrote: > > Postage paid by: [Image] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > I found out recently that Destination Moon is actually the title of an old > science fiction movie. Has anyone out there actually seen it? I doubt > that the plot of the movie would have much to do with the song, but I'd > still like to know what the movie is about. > > ------------------------------------ > Dan Lee > dalee@fas.harvard.edu > a018205t@bc.seflin.org > 3-3724 Pennypacker 36 > > "Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and > And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign' have been clearer if > quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and > and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and > and Chips, as well as after Chips?" I think it's also the title of an old Tin-Tin book. -- Vladimir Drakul ******************************************************************* *"Genius survives; all else is claimed by death." * * -Milton * * * *"...courtesy is owed; respect is earned; love is given." * * -John Stange * * * *"Be strict in what you send, and forgiving in what you receive." * * -George Hartnell * * * *"...and you must listen to me fillibuster vigilantly..." * * -TMBG * * * *"Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!!!" * * -John Flansburgh * * * *"...there are a lot of crabs that look like Samurai warriors." * * -Carl Sagan * ******************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:29:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199705120129.VAA27094@sumter.awod.com> From: mmtom@awod.com (Marty Tomlinson) Subject: Re: TMBG: Spud Goodman >I heard on an ad that They are going to be on the spud goodman show >tonight(sunday) I think it's at 11:30 eastern, but I may be wrong. > > > > >I wonder if they'll play something other than s-e-x-x-y. I hope they do. I >always wanted them to be on that show, because it really sucks and I wanted a >reason to watch it. Also, one of the guys is named accordion ted or something. >It's on FOX. I didn't say that before. > > I'm sure they'll play something easier, like TMHFO, like they did on Viva Variety. S-E-X-X-Y is just too complicated, with all the strings and such. Marty ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970511180719.006cb5ec@peseta.ucdavis.edu> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 18:26:02 -0700 From: Nicole the Wonder Nerd Subject: Re: TMBG: NEXT TOUR!!! At 12:25 PM 5/11/97 EDT, you wrote: >NOW FOR THE NEWS ABOUT THEIR NEXT TOUR!!!!!!!!! >after the kansas show the manager type guy said that they would be >touring again in AUGUST!!! woohoo!! then he gave a couple of us the >phone number to call if we wanted them to get booked somewhere near us What is this mystical phone number? (People of the West Coast! Let us call this number en masse and get Them to play lots of concerts!) --nicole the wonder nerd *** "The cruelest lies are often told without a word. The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard." --Ben Folds Five Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn nmcarlson@ucdavis.edu carlsonn@cs.ucdavis.edu ana.ng@tmbg.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:35:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199705120135.VAA27827@sumter.awod.com> From: mmtom@awod.com (Marty Tomlinson) Subject: Re: TMBG: Recommendations >> What songs would you guys suggest to someone who like things like >> Erasure, The Cure, Prodigy, U2, and Lushious Jackson? >> Josh Nielsen Josh, I don't think you can cater to their musical tastes. I would have to say start with something with commercial success(Partical Man, Istanbul, ummm....) and then slowly seep other songs in there. I have found Flood the most successful album for converting people, although it is generally people's least favorite album by Them after they got into the others. Mt ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970511211836.0069cdc4@mail.binghamton.edu> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:18:39 -0300 From: Richard Chung Subject: RE: TMBG: Spud Goodman Hey fans, I just went to the Spud Goodman homepage and the word is that it is on at 11:00 PM eastern. However, it is not on Fox, but Fox's cable network, "Fox Net" :( For you people with Direct TV or some other dish, you will be able to see the show, but I'm going to have to find out from you people what song they played. rich ------------------------------ Message-ID: <33767BDF.39B9@erols.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 22:09:35 -0400 From: Laurie Selmer Organization: Selmer Household Subject: Re: TMBG: morbid? Antoneta Argiloff wrote: > > Hey: > > Has any one else noticed the references to killing and death in Their > songs? What's the deal with this? Is this intentional, or unconsciously > done? I mean there's at least *one* reference per album: > Actually, this is pretty low if you think about it. A lot of bands ONLY write about death. ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970511210640.02ce5430@mail.utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:06:40 -0500 From: king of the mountain Subject: Re: TMBG: Destination Moon >I found out recently that Destination Moon is actually the title of an old >science fiction movie. Has anyone out there actually seen it? I doubt >that the plot of the movie would have much to do with the song, but I'd >still like to know what the movie is about. sure enough, Destination Moon is the title of both a short story and a movie written by Robert Heinlein. both are really good, but have no real relation to the song... rabidchild ------------------------------ Message-ID: <33764644.212@baka.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 22:20:52 +0000 From: Jonah Organization: MILK Subject: TMBG: King of WIngo I just dialed dial-a-song, got through for the third time in my life, and heard King of Wingo for the first time in my life. Today has been a good day. That song rules.Anyone have a .wav or mac sound format of that song on the web somewhere? I'd like to have a permanent way of hearing it. And what is Wingo anyway? A dance? Thanks for caring or not caring, depending on whether you cared or not. -- "I trust you will tell me if I am making a fool of myself"-Pavement Jonah, who couldn't just post a nontmbg thingy, but had to say that VIOLENT FEMMES RULE!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you. Have a nice day. ------------------------------ Subject: TMBG: Spud Goodman Message-ID: <19970511.223140.4534.0.tmbgmail-bin@juno.com> From: tmbgmail-bin@juno.com (Evan R Kleve) Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 22:30:51 EDT What channel is this on? Does it start at 11:00pm or 11:30pm? Who is Spud Goodman? It's 10:30pm right now. Somebody PLEASE tell me before the show starts!!!! -Evan R. Kleve (Kleavage) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders what the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of. ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970511223921.00744c24@popmail.voicenet.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 22:39:54 -0400 From: Jeff Morrow Subject: Re: TMBG: album endings At 11:12 PM 5/10/97 -0500, you wrote: >I'm really laughing to myself here. No offense, but you must be strange >to be around. Are you on something (seriously) or do you not know what an >adjective is? Subway is a noun, and the more prominent noun in the title. He's probably not on something, because, actually, when used in "Subway Token to Brooklyn" it IS an adjective, modifying the noun "Token." >Calling it Brooklyn would make me think of Spider. Subway is about as >good as you can get. And besides, who ever complains that a word in the >title of a song is not used the song, and that therefore people shouldn't >call it by that word? My younger brother has joined me in laughing at you. Good for him! Share the experience, but, well, you're wrong. My personal opinion is to go with the name "Token." It's the subject of the song title and it's the first word in the song (besides "The"). >Sorry. I should've made this a private message. Anyway, no offense, but >I'll continue to call it Subway. Feel free, but hey, no need to laugh at others. =============================-----Jeff-Morrow-----========================== ======== jmorrow@voicenet.com They Might Be Bootlegs @ http://www.voicenet.com/~jmorrow/tmbg/boot.html ============================================================================ ======== ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:46:41 -0500 (CDT) From: The Gottschalks Subject: Re: TMBG: morbid? Message-ID: Yeah, it is low. They like to write about all kinds of things, of which death is just one. There's nothing wrong with writing about death. It's just when bands focuse on only writing about death that it gets lame. On Sun, 11 May 1997, Laurie Selmer wrote: > Antoneta Argiloff wrote: > > > > Hey: > > > > Has any one else noticed the references to killing and death in Their > > songs? What's the deal with this? Is this intentional, or unconsciously > > done? I mean there's at least *one* reference per album: > > > Actually, this is pretty low if you think about it. A lot of bands ONLY > write about death. > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 23:43:30 -0500 From: "Big.Bad.Robbie.G." Subject: TMBG: Spud Message-Id: Well, I got Spud, and it was great. It was just the two gods, and just JL with an accordion. They Played Your own Worst Enemy and How Can I sing like a girl. If anyone wants a copy I'll dub it along with the Hatch Shell concert (the other thing I have on video) Just to warn you, I can be a bitch about trading, so you might have to bug me a lot. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:10:33 -0700 From: relph@mando.engr.sgi.com (John Relph) Message-Id: <9705112110.ZM27727@mando.engr.sgi.com> Subject: TMBG: Re: John Henry Very Fruity Indeed wrote: > > I always thought John Henry referred to your signature. Like, people >say, "whack you;re John Henry right here and we'll be right", meaning sign >on the dotted line, basically. No, that's your "John Hancock", after the guy whose beautiful flowing signature adorns the Constitution of these United States. He's dead. And it's also very different from your "John Thomas", which is something else altogether. -- John P.S. I just noticed that "John Henry" has something in common with THEM. And with myself as well. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 00:40:34 -0400 (EDT) From: She Might Be Amy Message-ID: Kirstin wrote: >> Miscellaneous T- This is the heading under which TMBG is sometimes >> filed. > > Y'know, I didn't figure this out until about a month and a half > ago. I was pretty proud of myself when I finally did - then I felt > rather dumb that I hadn't thought of that before. :) Hey, don't feel bad -- I just realised it a couple of months ago, too. I mean, I knew what the meant, but I was in a record store and saw the "Misc T" divider thingy and it all hit home. Linda wondered: > The third thing is trivial, there were some threads on this list > concerning Flans' middle name. I thought at one point it was > decided it was S. M., and some say Conant. Hrm, I've never heard the S. M. thing, I have always thought it was Conant. Kevin said: > Guys, I found something both happy and disturbing- > I found a used copy of Then for 11.99. All I have to say is....DOH! I could have waited and saved 12 dollars because, even though I got Then a week and a half ago, I *still* have not listened to it. I'm too nice -- I let my friend borrow it and he conveniently forgot it last time I saw him. maybe I'll make him buy it off me and I'll go get the copy in Michigan :) Hmm, I had some more interesting things to say, but I guess I forgot them. Amy :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 03:45:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Philip Christman Subject: TMBG: semi-tmbg: need help on my web page Message-ID: hey everyone, i'm setting up a web page of my own. so far it's pretty small (i started doing it on a whim about 30 hours ago) and is basically me spouting off about my fav. bands (tears for fears, talking heads, and of course tmbg) with some links, and me spouting off about my favorite authors (tom robbins, c.s. lewis, thomas pynchon, dostoevsky) with no links yet 'cuz the ones i put in didn't work. i hope to expand it with some of my own writing and stuff like that. if you want to check it out, it's http://www.calvin.edu/~pchris56 also, i'm setting up a web page for the psychedelic furs along with my own because no one else has and i love them. i hope to do the same later on for television and dexy's midnite runners. if any of you have any information on these bands that could help me (old interviews, news, etc) i'd REALLY appreciate it, just send whatever it is along to: pchris56@Calvin.EDU if any of you have cool pages of your own and you want me to put in a link to your page, also feel free to email me. thanks everyone! phil christman (pchris56@Calvin.EDU) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% "so without love and a promised land we're fools to the rules of a government plan kick out the STYLE, bring back the JAM!" --tears for fears, "the seeds of love" ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 10:34:09 +0100 From: iles@boreas.leeds.icnet.uk (Mark Iles) Subject: Re: TMBG: Tour Dates >Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 19:33:06 +0100 (BST) >From: Rounds boost lager >Subject: TMBG: Tour Dates >Message-ID: > >Don't let's start... > >It appears that the TMBG's so called world tour has ended. I have just >looked at the tour info to discover the rather depressing news that there >are no new tour dates. Full Stop. There are no dates on there at all. It >seems the world tour has ended without involving Europe. How depressing, I >was looking forward to getting a chance to see them live, dissapointment >there for anyone who was waiting for them to come to their home town. Oh, don't be such a Cassandra. It still says that they're coming to Europe at the top of the page. We know how crap they are at updating that thing. Just be patient and they'll be here soon enough. How negative can you get? Mark > The Labour Party are currently in power. > May the Lord have mercy upon our souls. Surely you mean "Hooray, because we've finally got rid of the bigoted self-serving untrustworthy slimes who were running our country into the ground and didn't give a shit about anybody but themselves"? A simple slip of the tongue, I'm sure. Or meybe this goes some way to explain why you write such stupid, reactionary e-mail. __________________________________________________________________________ Look, I've got an exciting new pretentious quote. And this time it's in French for double the ponciness: "Il n'y a rien de plus vrai que le souffle" Laetitia Sadier ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Mark Iles, Tel: +44 (0113) 2064573 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183 Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Ashley Wing, Email: iles@boreas.leeds.icnet.uk St James' University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF U.K. ____________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:09:54 +0100 From: iles@boreas.leeds.icnet.uk (Mark Iles) Subject: TMBG: Nature Journal Thought some of you may be vaguely interested to know that, in the latest issue of Natur (8 May '97) on page 126 is an article entitled "They Might Be Giants". Unfortunately it's about Palaeoanthropology and discusses how big our ancestors were. Oh well, it's something. Mark __________________________________________________________________________ Look, I've got an exciting new pretentious quote. And this time it's in French for double the ponciness: "Il n'y a rien de plus vrai que le souffle" Laetitia Sadier ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Mark Iles, Tel: +44 (0113) 2064573 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183 Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Ashley Wing, Email: iles@boreas.leeds.icnet.uk St James' University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF U.K. ____________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:50:37 +0100 (BST) From: Rounds boost lager Subject: Re: TMBG: Tour Dates Message-ID: Don't let's start... On Mon, 12 May 1997, Mark Iles wrote: > >From: Rounds boost lager > > > > > >It appears that the TMBG's so called world tour has ended. I have just > >looked at the tour info to discover the rather depressing news that there > >are no new tour dates. Full Stop. There are no dates on there at all. It > >seems the world tour has ended without involving Europe. How depressing, I > >was looking forward to getting a chance to see them live, dissapointment > >there for anyone who was waiting for them to come to their home town. > > Oh, don't be such a Cassandra. It still says that they're coming to Europe > at the top of the page. We know how crap they are at updating that thing. > Just be patient and they'll be here soon enough. How negative can you get? > > Cassandra? Not a phrase I've heard before but I'll assume it's insulting. It doesn't actually say anything about coming to Europe at the top of the page. It just says "Sorry: No new tour dates" or something like that and a big blank space which kind of indicates the tour has ended officially. > > Mark > > > > > The Labour Party are currently in power. > > May the Lord have mercy upon our souls. > > Surely you mean "Hooray, because we've finally got rid of the bigoted > self-serving untrustworthy slimes who were running our country into the > ground and didn't give a shit about anybody but themselves"? A simple slip > of the tongue, I'm sure. Or meybe this goes some way to explain why you > write such stupid, reactionary e-mail. Who's being negative now then? I don't really want to get into a political disussion on the mailing list, feel free to e-mail me privately if you want but seeing as you brought it up I'll quickly say I voted Lib-Dems but I'd rather the Tories got in than Labour, I trust them a lot more than I do Tony Blair. I now return you to your regular programming. _______________________________________________________________________________ Douglas Robertson The Labour Party are currently in power. Derwent College May the Lord have mercy upon our souls. University of York Heslington NEW FLUMCAKE: Now with added Spice. York http://www.york.ac.uk/~dr109/flumcake YO1 5DD ...This is the worst part _______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 11:09:30 -0500 Message-Id: From: becky_ray@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Druggie Girlfriend) Subject: Non-TMBG: Violent Femmes I am also a terrific Femmes fan......I've seen them in conert and it was the best show I've ever seen (only because I haven't seen Them yet). I have four Femmes CD's and if anyone wants to discuss them, please email me at stingray@netins.net. Becky Ray P.S. I sing like Olive Oyl, but it's not on purpose...... ------------------------------ From: Callag@NORTHRYDE.VODAFONE.vodafone.telememo.au Date: 13 May 1997 02:38:28 +1000 Message-ID: <000DC807.MAI*/S=Callag/O=VODAFONE/OU=NORTHRYDE/PRMD=vodafone/ADMD=telememo/C=au@MHS> Subject: TMBG: I just thought of something... I work for a mobile phone network (Vodafone, for those from Australia and the UK who may know it), and all the time we get calls from Customers asking about what Call Plan they're on. Just now I've realised that all the time when I've been answering them I've been saying "We don't know your plan..." I've had No One Knows My Plan whirling around inside my head. Sorry, I know this doesn't really interest any of you but I felt good 'cos I finally had a Work-related TMBG experience, almost like all the college and high school guys who can use They songs as references for their schoolwork :) Now back to your regularly scheduled email... Andrew ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 10:22:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Liam Singer Subject: Re: TMBG: Oregon Message-Id: > P.S. Is anyone besides me from Oregon? I'm from Oregon. And the way to pronounce it is just like saying " Organ". Liam ------------------------------ Message-ID: <337752E7.7004@geocities.com> Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 10:27:03 -0700 From: vlad_drakul Subject: TMBG: Heehee... Two things. First, is it me, or does Brian really really like Till My Head Falls Off? I mean, it sounds like he's really playing enthusiastically. Second, it would be really really really really really mean (but kinda cool) to get an interview with the Johns and... *69 them! Bwa ha ha! But that would kinda be violating their privacy... I can just imagine Them sitting at home... John: So, John, how many calls today? John: Gee, they've been slowing down. Only about 380. John: Wow! Only that few? *RING RING RING* John: Make that 381. -- Vladimir Drakul ******************************************************************* *"Genius survives; all else is claimed by death." * * -Milton * * * *"...courtesy is owed; respect is earned; love is given." * * -John Stange * * * *"Be strict in what you send, and forgiving in what you receive." * * -George Hartnell * * * *"...and you must listen to me fillibuster vigilantly..." * * -TMBG * * * *"Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!!!" * * -John Flansburgh * * * *"...there are a lot of crabs that look like Samurai warriors." * * -Carl Sagan * ******************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 14:05:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Elitza Nicolaou Subject: TMBG: Dreams... Message-ID: Hey/hay, Vlad, I can't believe I just completely edited out the * in your post... I'm not really that obsessed with sex! Everyone else (Country Time!) I had a TMBG dream last night (sort of). I was at camp and I could fly, which in itself was cool. The I realized that Flans was the camp director and Linnell was the boys' CIT counselor. I was flying all around camp, jumping over streets, lakes, whatever was in my way- it was really neat. Plus I was in the nearly constant company of Linnell, being a female CIT and all- it was really cool. (All the CIT's and both counselors spend 3 weeks in close quarters. Last year the girl LIT's were squished into a cabin approximately the size of a dorm room and there were eleven of us, with no electricity or running water within a half mile. If we wanted to brush our teeth at night, we either had to pump water or walk down to the latrines in main camp 1/2 mile away. There was an outhouse, but after 2 weeks those are pretty scary...) Country Time! (less sugar than most soft drinks) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elitza Nicolaou ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Spork Princess" ana-ng@poetic.com http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/1317 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The thing's hollow- it goes on forever- and- oh my God! It's full of stars!" - 2001: A Space Odyssey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 15:03:55 -0400 From: gonzalez@vitaliy.harvard.edu (David Gonzalez) Message-Id: <199705121903.PAA00602@vitaliy> Subject: TMBG: USA TODAY Latest news Don't know if this has been posted, but TMBG actually got 3 and 1/2 stars out of 4 in USA Today!!! ----- Begin Included Message ----- 04/01/97 - 06:07 PM ET - Click reload often for latest version They Might Be Giants, Then: The Earlier Years (***1/2 out of four) - Named after a 1971 George C. Scott movie, the Brooklyn duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell have been making quirky music since 1984, providing a loonier dose of alternative pop for MTV and college radio. This 72-track double album (compiling 1986's self-titled debut, 1988's Lincoln, B-sides, early EPs and 15 previously unreleased tracks) showcases the pair's absurd humor and infectious melodies. Treats include Youth Culture Killed My Dog, Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes, Hope That I Get Old Before I Die and a demo version of Don't Let's Start. By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/music/lem715.htm ----- End Included Message ----- ------------------------------ Message-Id: <199705121917.MAA13647@f40.hotmail.com> From: "Our Band" Subject: TMBG: Dial-A-Song pornographic? Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 12:17:23 PDT For any of you who can't remember the DAS number, this might help: 718-3-up-my-ma Why They would choose a phone number about three guys gang-raping my mother is beyond me. -Moo! * --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com * --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Subject: TMBG: Automobile mag Message-ID: <19970512.161317.5070.0.tmbgmail-bin@juno.com> From: tmbgmail-bin@juno.com (Evan R Kleve) Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:12:29 EDT For whoever wanted to know, the article about Them is in the June issue of Automobile Magazine. Has anyone else seen it? It was pretty cool. I haven't acually read it yet, just looked at the pictures. The mag belongs to my friend's dad, I might just pick me up a copy! Boy, it seems a bit early for the June issue to be out already, doesn't it? Are magazine subscriptions usually that prompt? By the way, this friend that I mentioned above, actually more of an aquantance, graciously listened to me blab on about TMBG in study hall for about 3 straight months now, so he borrowed Flood from his aunt. This is wierd. This is the third person I've heard about who's parent/reletive owns Flood. It must appeal to the older generation. But anyway, I expected him to start saying how stupid and wierd it was, but he said it was hilarious, especially Minimum Wage. Although I sense a seious Floody developing, I am happy. One of his comments, though, is that the songs are very short. Oh well. -Evan R. Kleve (Kleavage) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders what the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 21:48:00 +0100 (BST) From: Rounds boost lager Subject: Re: TMBG: Automobile mag Message-ID: Don't let's start... On Mon, 12 May 1997, Evan R Kleve wrote: > For whoever wanted to know, the article about Them is in the June > issue of Automobile Magazine. Has anyone else seen it? It was pretty > cool. I haven't acually read it yet, just looked at the pictures. The mag > belongs to my friend's dad, I might just pick me up a copy! Boy, it seems > a bit early for the June issue to be out already, doesn't it? Are > magazine subscriptions usually that prompt? Automobile magazine? A magazine about cars? I hate to think what they're talking about. "So John, do you prefer the flange sprocket trunion widget to the advanced stage carberetter splankitoni. And was your song "Toddler Hiway" a crusade to get the speed limit dropped?" On a slightly more serious note, Magazines always come out the month before the issue is dated, June magazines in May, May in April and so on, the time when they come out depends more on the magazine publisher, how many other magazines they puclish etc. That was a public information announcement. _______________________________________________________________________________ Douglas Robertson The Labour Party are currently in power. Derwent College May the Lord have mercy upon our souls. University of York Heslington NEW FLUMCAKE: Now with added Spice. York http://www.york.ac.uk/~dr109/flumcake YO1 5DD ...This is the worst part _______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970512211939.00673700@uc.campus.mci.net> Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 17:19:39 -0400 From: Kelley Kent Subject: TMBG: TMBG weekly live chat Ok, I've decided it would be best if we concentrated the WBS chat room into a one-day-a-week event. While WBS has informed me that the Private TMBG Room has had many hits over the past week, none have been at the same time. So everyone is getting there at different times. :( From the time availibilities (sp?) I have recieved, I think Monday night would be the best night to hold it. The best starting time appears to be 7pm EST. And the room would be there until 3am, which gives people plenty of chatting oppurtunities. So the first ever WBS live TMBG chat will take place ***NEXT*** Monday at 7pm EST, unless I recieve an outpouring of e-mails requesting another day. See you then. Kelley Kent (kkent@uc.campus.mci.net) ------------------------------ End of tmbg-list Digest #3-131 ******************************